Have you ever felt intense emotions that made you gasp for breath?
Been scared for example, to where, your breath got short? Been
thrilled, such as after an athletic win, where your breath gets
short? That shortness of breath, really isn't, what is actually
happening is your body starts automatically taking shallow breaths,
it is interesting how, when you are "hit" with something, your body
reacts? There is a definite tie in between your mind, what the
ancients called, your heart, and, your body; they aren't separate,
they are one, in a way that consciously we can't get our minds
around; because we don't consciously touch base or communicate with
that part of our brain which runs on automatic, usually, but sometimes
we might; which is my suspicion when it comes to meditating.
Been scared for example, to where, your breath got short? Been
thrilled, such as after an athletic win, where your breath gets
short? That shortness of breath, really isn't, what is actually
happening is your body starts automatically taking shallow breaths,
it is interesting how, when you are "hit" with something, your body
reacts? There is a definite tie in between your mind, what the
ancients called, your heart, and, your body; they aren't separate,
they are one, in a way that consciously we can't get our minds
around; because we don't consciously touch base or communicate with
that part of our brain which runs on automatic, usually, but sometimes
we might; which is my suspicion when it comes to meditating.
When worshiping God was new; for example, after the garden, when Adam
and Eve realize, "hey, he didn't kill us, like we thought he was
going to," which sent a thrill through them that they were going to
be able to continue to live, that drive for preservation being such
a deeply embedded part of the "image" of God "in us" (notice I'm setting
apart some things with offset quotes there, for a reason as you will soon
see); when worshiping God was new, it was fresh, and it didn't have any
but the purest form which was just awestruck wonder at being able to
be left alive by a power which could quite easily take that life away.
Lets have a little fun with that today, we're all so sure we get it, its
sometimes fun to remember, we don't, not really; and not because we aren't
smart, but because the most brilliant man who has ever lived isn't but an
nth of a fingernail on the smallest twinky of God's overwhelming knowledge!
And so let's talk about image- then, God in us, which is our hope:
Rom 5:2 By whom also we have access by faith into this
grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.
Eph 1:18 The eyes of your understanding being enlightened;
that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and
what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,
Col 1:27 To whom God would make known what [is] the
riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles;
which is Christ in you, the hope of glory:
Image as a word has changed it's meaning in the last decade, here is how,
used to be an image was painted or mirrored, seen in a still lake; where
the waters weren't stirred:
sometimes fun to remember, we don't, not really; and not because we aren't
smart, but because the most brilliant man who has ever lived isn't but an
nth of a fingernail on the smallest twinky of God's overwhelming knowledge!
And so let's talk about image- then, God in us, which is our hope:
Rom 5:2 By whom also we have access by faith into this
grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.
Eph 1:18 The eyes of your understanding being enlightened;
that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and
what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,
Col 1:27 To whom God would make known what [is] the
riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles;
which is Christ in you, the hope of glory:
Image as a word has changed it's meaning in the last decade, here is how,
used to be an image was painted or mirrored, seen in a still lake; where
the waters weren't stirred:
| Psa 23:2 | He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters. |
But with the advent of the computer age "image" has now acquired a
meaning of instantaneous and exacting copy. This is a bit different,
it seems, because from a computer imaged disk you can run a program
on another system and it is exactly like the other program was.
The components of God are in you, for you are made in the image of God!
meaning of instantaneous and exacting copy. This is a bit different,
it seems, because from a computer imaged disk you can run a program
on another system and it is exactly like the other program was.
The components of God are in you, for you are made in the image of God!
Now let's talk briefly about the "God in us" factor; for within the mystery
of worship, short breath, and your unconscious bodily self, there is locked
a revelation of the power of almighty God to lay in a change in humankind
so profound that even humankind wouldn't be able to grasp it, not fully.
The birth of God's only Son, our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, brought a
fullness to the meaning of God being in us, which previously had not been
possible. Just as the mirror image, and the computerized image are far
different from one another, so also is the understanding of the people who
perceive them both (that's deep you might wanna think on it); as a result,
the worship of God's only Son, Jesus, was different than the worship of
God (again, this is a deep one, you might wanna think on it). And as you
are thinking on it, you are meditating, and meditation is what the early
followers of Jesus were taught. You see it's easy to miss it, if you believe
that the thing which gave Jesus His remarkable powers was prayer, and
prayer alone, it wasn't; frequently this Son of God would be alone, He
would be thinking; quietly, to Himself, meditating; and His disciples were
perplexed at his behavior. They wondered as all people do, why someone
would want to be alone? So here is the tie in, as you draw closer to God,
He instills in you a sense of what is deeply imaged inside of you, and you
begin to be alone but not alone, because you sense His presence, just as
Adam and Eve sensed His presence; and you may find your breath coming
in short bursts as you begin to realize the presence of God. If you get this
you now know how Mary felt on that evening when she was told that
God was going to bring a child into this world through her!
Per Signum Crucsis (By The Sign of the Cross)
De Inimicsis Nostre (From our Enemies)
Libera Nos, Deus Noster (Deliver us, our God)
In Nomine Patris (In the name of the Father)
Et Filii (and of the Son)
Et Spiritus SAncti (and of the Holy Spirit)
Amen
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